Saugerties police officer hurt in crash en route to emergency call

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. -- A town police car was involved in an collision with another vehicle on state Route 212 Sunday afternoon while responding to an emergency call, police said.

Saugerties police said the officer, who was not immediately identified, had been responding to a report of a woman being forced into a vehicle at Route 212 and Glasco Turnpike at 1:22 p.m. when the accident occurred. Both the officer and an occupant in the other vehicle were taken by ambulance to HealthAlliance Hospital, Broadway campus, in Kingston, treated and released.

Diaz Ambulance and firefighters from the Mount Marion and Cedar Grove assisted at the accident scene.

Police said the accident is under investigation and that further information will be released as it becomes available.